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On Sunday, April 22, 2012 09:55:44 =C1lvaro Vallejo wrote:
> Hi,
>=20
> Could anyone, please, help me with the grammar of ".isemu'ibo"?  I know i=
t
> means "so", but I don't know if the following interpretation is right:
>=20
> mu'i =3D"because of reason", from mukti =3Dmotive.
> "semu'i" would mean "the action motivated by something".
> "bo" is a short scope link, linking to what comes next...
> then, the literal translation/interpretation would be "the action motivat=
ed
> by the preceding sentence is what follows:"

"mu'i" is "because of motive..."; "semu'i" is "with motivated action...". "=
bo"=20
is there to keep "semu'i", which normally is a preposition, from claiming t=
he=20
sentence's subject as its object. It has the side effect of making three or=
=20
more sentences connected by ".i<prep>bo" group from right to left. I'm not=
=20
sure how to get around that. You got the right idea.

Pierre
--=20
When a barnacle settles down, its brain disintegrates.
J=E1 n=E3o percebe nada, j=E1 n=E3o percebe nada.

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